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of chapters into the novel,” “a cup too much,” “a date with John Barleycorn,” “a drop too much,” “a little in the suds,” “a public mess,” “a spur in the head,” “at peace with the floor,” “been looking through a glass,” “banged up on sauce,” “can’t see a hole in a ladder,” “corked,” “dead to the world,” “doped up,” “drunk as Bacchus,” “drunk as forty billy goats,” “feeling glorious,” “fired up,” “fog driver,” “full to the brim,” “ginned,” “lifting the little finger,” “lushed,” “moonshined,” “off the deep end,” “moistening the clay,” “of flip & c,” “phlegm-cutter,” “piece of bread and cheese in the attic,” “polished,” “quenching a spark in the throat,” “sloshed,” “stinking,” “soaked,” “swazzled,” “tanked,” “wetting the whistle,” “woozy,” and “whacked out of one’s skull.”

      New brands and spirits launched include Averna, Black & White Scotch, Beefeater gin, Boodles gin, Canadian Club whisky, Cherry Heering, Don Q rum, Galliano, George Dickel whiskey, Grand Marnier, Johnnie Walker Scotch, Herradura tequila, Pimm’s No. 1, Rose’s lime juice, Sauza tequila, Seagram’s 7 whisky, vermouth, Seagram’s VO whiskey, Tanqueray gin, Fundador Spanish brandy, Lillet, Myers’s dark rum, and Lemon Hart rum.

      1801 − Chivas Regal Scotch is produced.

      1803 − On April 28, the first known American recorded use of the word “cocktail” as a beverage appeared in New Hampshire’s newspaper the Farmer’s Cabinet:

      −“Drank a glass of cocktail—excellent for the head…Call’d at the Doct’s. found Burnham—he looked very wise—drank another glass of cocktail.”

      1806 − The second American recorded use of the word “cocktail” as a beverage appeared in Hudson, New York’s the Balance and Columbian Repository (No. 18 Vol. V) on May 6:Rum! Rum! Rum!

      It is conjectured, that the price of this precious liquor will soon rife at Claverack since a certain candidate has placed in his account of Loss and Gain, the following items:

      Loss. 720 rum-grogs, 17 brandy do., 32 gin-slings, 411 glasses bitters, 25 do. Cock-tail

      My election.

      Gain. NOTHING.

      −There was an election in Claverack, New York, and it was common (in those days) to try to win votes with free booze. The loser published his Loss and Gains in this local newspaper. Translation for 25 do. = $25 and $25 = $600 in 2017.

      −Seven days later, the newspaper’s twenty-eight-year-old editor, Harry Croswell of Columbia County, New York, publishes the “first definition of cocktail” known to be an alcoholic beverage—to date—on May 13. Croswell rarely publishes anything he says but makes an exception this time to answer a question from a subscriber.

      −The subscriber writes:

      To the Editor of the Balance:

      Sir,

      I observe in your paper of the 6th instant, in the account of a democratic candidate for a seat in the legislature, marked under the head of Loss, 25 do. cock-tail. Will you be so obliging as to inform me what is meant by this species of refreshment? Though a stranger to you, I believe, from your general character, you will not suppose this request to be impertinent.

      I have heard of a forum, of phlegm-cutter and fog driver, of wetting the whistle, of moistening the clay, of a fillip, a spur in the head, quenching a spark in the throat, of flip & c, but never in my life, though have lived a good many years, did I hear of cock-tail before. Is it peculiar to a part of this country? Or is it a late invention? Is the name expressive of the effect which the drink has on a particular part of the body? Or does it signify that the democrats who take the potion are turned topsycurvy, and have their heads where their tails should be? I should think the latter to be the real solution; but am unwilling to determine finally until I receive all the information in my power.

      At the beginning of the revolution, a physician publicly recommended the moss which grew on a tree as a substitute for tea. He found on experiment, that it had more of a stimulating quality than he approved; and therefore, he afterward as publicly denounced it. Whatever cock-tail is, it may be properly administered only at certain times and to certain constitutions. A few years ago, when the democrats were bawling for Jefferson and Clinton, one of the polls was held in the city of New York at a place where ice cream was sold. Their temperament then was remarkably adjust and bilious. Something was necessary to cool them. Now when they are sunk into rigidity, it might be equally necessary, by cock-tail to warm and rouse them. I hope you will construe nothing that I have said as disrespectful. I read your paper with great pleasure and wish it the most extensive circulation. Whether you answer my inquiry or not, I shall still remain,

      Yours,

      A Subscriber

      −Croswell answers the subscriber’s question of wanting to know what is the refreshment called cock-tail, while at the same time making fun of politics:

      As I make it a point, never to publish anything (under my editorial head) but which I can explain, I shall not hesitate to gratify the curiosity of my inquisitive correspondent: Cock-tail, then in a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters it is vulgarly called a Bittered Sling, and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. It is said also, to be of great use to a democratic candidate: because, a person having swallowed a glass of it, is ready to swallow anything else.

      1809 − Washington Irving writes, “This class of beverages originated in Maryland, whose inhabitants were prone to make merry and get fuddled with mint-julep and apple toddy. They were moreover, great horse-racers and cock-fighters; mighty wrestlers and jumpers, and enormous consumers of hoecake and bacon. They lay claim to be the first inventors of those recondite beverages, cock-tail, stone-fence, and sherry cobbler.”

      1817 − Elizabeth Hammond publishes Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book, which has some punch recipes.

      1820 − La Piña de Plata (the Silver Pineapple) restaurant and bar opens in Havana, Cuba. No one knows what cocktails were served here at that time—yet, but one hundred years later the bar was named Bar la Florida with a nickname of Floridita. It became famous for its frozen Daiquiris and celebrity patrons including Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway.

      −The first blended Scotch whisky, Johnnie Walker, is produced.

      −The Beefeater gin distillery is built in England.

      1821 − Author James Fenimore Cooper writes about a fictional character named Betty Flanagan who invented the cock-tail. The Flanagan character was supposedly based on a real person named Catherine Hustler (1767–1832) who ran Hustler’s Tavern in Lewiston, New York, during the War of 1812 and put rooster tail feathers in drinks (cock-tails).

      1823 − Pimm’s Cup No. 1 is first produced by James Pimm in London.

      −The Gin-Twist (gin, hot water, lemon juice, and sugar) is mentioned in the novel Saint Ronan’s Well by Sir Walter Scott.

      −Bourbon County, Kentucky, starts to call their whiskey “bourbon.”

      1824 − George Smith founds the Glenlivet distillery.

      1825 − The first lavish London gin palaces begin to be built. They are decorated with opulent style. Later, in 1836, Charles Dickens said, “perfectly dazzling when contrasted with the darkness and dirt we have just left.”

      −Sandeman Port is produced.

      1827 − Students of Oxford University publish the first known alcoholic drink recipe book, Oxford Night Caps: A Collection of Receipts for Making Various Beverages at the University. Basically, college students are credited for taking the time to put together a book of recipes so they can party. They publish several editions for almost one hundred years.

      −Ballantine’s blended Scotch is produced.

      1830

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